'The Descent from the Cross' (detail), c1520. Artist: Jan Gossaert

'The Descent from the Cross' (detail), c1520. Artist: Jan Gossaert

1-275-641 - Art Media/Heritage Images

'The Descent from the Cross' (detail), c1520. A stooping Joseph of Arimathea holds Christ's crown of thorns. Gossaert (c1478-1532) is usually seen as the founder of the Romanist art movement, the first group of Flemish painters to be influenced by the Italian Renaissance. From the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Jan Gossaert, attributed to: Flemish: Artist, painter
Subject
  1. Joseph of Arimathea: Judean: Saint, disciple
People Related
  1. Jesus Christ: Judean: Prophet

Medium
  1. Oil

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

People Famous People

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Society & Culture Death & Burial


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3987x4396
File Size : 51,349kb


Aliases

  1. 0510003730
  1. 1-275-641
  1. 1275641

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